| | | Best known UK evangelist of the 1970s and 80s, with a very English emphasis on authenticity and community. Pioneering vicar of St Cuthbert's and then St Michael le Belfrey in York. Moved to Holy Trinity Brompton towards the end his life, which was tragically cut short by cancer. Introduced to John Wimber in California by Peter Wagner (or someone else at Fuller) and became very close to John and his family in his last years, introducing them and Vineyard to the UK in a big way from the early 80s, with profound consequences. Mentioned here in Open Calvinists and Richard Drake Bio because of his key role in the Haileybury Revival. Married to Anne Watson, who continues as a significant leader of the English church in her own right.
David Watson came a did a weekend session at Cambridge during my first term (I think) at Cambridge in 1978. My particular memory as a very young christian was sitting next to this guy in a slightly battered cassock, at a pastorate lunch at Holy Trinity Church, and listening to him telling in a straightforward way how he and others at York were seeking to live simply on about £150 a year 'spending money'.
Martin Noutch
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